Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency and other municipal sites urge users not to fill homemade sandbags up beyond the halfway point and to ensure they overlap one another as the dike is built.

Down the street, Julie Taylor is using her child’s sand box to make homemade sandbags. She’s made just enough to make a low-lying entrance to her front door.

Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency and other municipal sites urge users not to fill homemade sandbags up beyond the halfway point and to ensure they overlap one another as the dike is built.

Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency and other municipal sites urge users not to fill homemade sandbags up beyond the halfway point and to ensure they overlap one another as the dike is built.

Here’s a look at sandbags and their effectiveness: DO SANDBAGS WORK AS FLOOD-PREVENTION TOOLS? It depends entirely on the type of flood.

Saskatchewan's Water Security Agency and other municipal sites urge users not to fill homemade sandbags up beyond the halfway point and to ensure they overlap one another as the dike is built.